"Hey Osaka," said Tomo, "Why are we in here?"
"I'm not sure." The girl walked around the dusty room. She had come into this forgotten mansion with her friends Tomo and Yomi. There were pictures on the walls. Even a bench covered with cobwebs and dust.
The six friends had gone exploring while vacationing at Chiyo's summer home. They had split up into two groups about an hour ago. One went off to look in the woods, the other stayed behind to relax.
Tomo, Yomi and Osaka had wandered about before stumbling upon the dilapidated building. Its wood was decayed, its steps were broken, but the windows were still there. That had surprised Yomi, she had wanted to get a closer look. While she had inspected the glass Tomo had pushed open the front doors. The three of them had gone inside to continue their investigation.
"Maybe we should leave," said Tomo, "This place is pretty boring."
"Oh my god!" Yomi screamed, "What the Hell are these things?"
"What?" yelled Tomo and Osaka.
"Somebody help me! These things are so scary!" Yomi screamed.
Osaka and Tomo just looked at each other. They couldn't see Yomi, they didn't know where she was. The two of them weren't even sure when she had left. There was no way for them to find her. The two of them heard a low moan. A shadow appeared to their right. They ran out of the mansion as fast as they could. The two of them panted outside the doors. Tomo looked around noticing something important. Yomi wasn't with them. She was still inside the mansion.
"Hey you two," said Kagura, "Why were you inside that abandoned building?"
"We went to explore it with Yomi," panted Osaka, "When she went off by herself, pant, and we got scared, pant, and ran out. Pant, but Yomi is still inside."
The two continued to pant
"Will somebody help me? I'm going to die!" Yomi screamed from inside the mansion.
Kagura was shocked by Tomo and Osaka's irresponsible attitude. "Why didn't you two go to help her?" yelled Kagura.
"She's stronger than both of us combined," Tomo panted, "If she can't handle whatever is going on in there, how will we?"
Kagura heard her friend scream from inside the mansion. She couldn't stand it any longer. One of her friends was in trouble. She rushed inside the mansion. Not knowing what she would encounter, and not caring either.
Tomo and Osaka sat outside the doors on the grass. They occasionally heard screams come out of the old building. They wondered what had happened to Yomi and Kagura. They traded a nervous glance before hearing footsteps to their left. Chiyo and Sakaki appeared from the woods.
"Where did Kagura go?" asked Sakaki, "She said she was going to find you guys."
"Inside that creepy mansion," said Osaka.
"Why?"
"Yomi's trapped inside of there," said Tomo, "She went to go help."
"Why didn't you two go with her?" asked Sakaki.
"Yeah," said Chiyo, "Why didn't you?"
"Are you kidding me?" said Tomo, "Combined Osaka and I don't even equal the physical strength of Yomi! That's why Kagura rushed in there since she's worth like five Yomis."
"We should probably see how they're doing in there," said Sakaki, "I mean, just to make sure they're okay—"
"Run, run, run!" yelled Kagura and Yomi as they came out of the building, slamming the doors behind them. Their faces were white. They shivered as they leaned against the old wooden doors of the mansion. They panted heavily, gasping for air. Blood lined the sides of their shoes. The liquid stained their white sneakers, leaving red lines that dripped down to the Earth.
"What happened?" asked Chiyo.
"I have no idea," said Yomi, "But we were attacked by monsters!"
Everyone was surprised by this remark. Yomi had always seemed to be a skeptic. She had never listened to talk about folk remedies or ancient legends. In fact she had often mocked those that did. This wasn't like her.
"I thought you were smart," said Tomo, "Monsters aren't real."
"Shut up!" yelled Yomi, "We ran into monsters! Right Kagura?"
"I don't know," said the tomboy, "They looked like people. Yet they were covered in blood and flesh."
The fear on the faces of Kagura and Yomi was impossible to ignore. Kagura rarely seemed unconfident, yet she shivered at the slightest sound. Her eyes danced from side to side, looking, for what?
"Wha, what?" said a frightened Chiyo.
"I think we should call the cops," said Kagura.
"But they'll never believe our story," said Yomi.
"We'll just tell them that there are robbers here or something," said Kagura pulling out her cell phone. "What the Hell?" Her phone said no service. Kagura threw it onto the ground before smashing it with her foot. She looked like she was about to cry.
"I don't have any reception either," said Tomo.
"Me too," said Osaka.
"Let's just go back to my summer home," said Chiyo, "I'm scared."
"Not as scared as I am," said Kagura, "I pissed my pants!"
"Ow, ow, ow!"
"Oh my god!" yelled Tomo, "Sakaki is being attacked by a wild animal!"
"That's a cat," said Kagura, "This sort of thing happens all the time." She was glad for this small return to normalcy, even if it hurt her friend a little.
Kagura walked towards the girl. She smacked the cat on the head. Giving a hiss the animal ran away from them. Sakaki nursed her bleeding hand. Kagura shook her head at the girl.
"How do you fall for that every time?" asked Kagura, "Aren't you, like, brainy?"
"I have a weakness for cute animals," said Sakaki, lowering her head in shame.
"Oh come on," said Kagura, "We all have our own personal problems. I can't resist a challenge. But let's get the fuck out of here," said Kagura, with a shiver.
Two lean shapes appeared out of the trees. They looked like dogs, though something about them was different. The girls were unsure about these strange new beings. Even Sakaki was afraid of the animals. The creatures' mouths dripped with foamy slobber. They snapped and barked in at the six of them. Their yellow teeth dripped with saliva, their lips pulled back in a snarl. They started coming closer. The six girls backed up. More of the doglike animals appeared from the woods.
"What are we gonna do?" asked Osaka.
Kagura looked from left to right. There were about twelve of these dogs. She felt her book bag brush up against the doors of the mansion. Their only options were to stay out here with the creepy dog beasts, or to go inside, where the monsters dwelled.
One of the animals snapped at them, missing Yomi's hand by inches. Fuck it, thought Kagura. She pushed the doors open. The others rushed inside. They closed the doors behind them. Silence greeted their ears. Kagura was scared, she had just seen people covered in blood in this building. They might still be inside. Yomi shuddered as well, the creatures had tried to bite her flesh. Their lifeless eyes, she had seen those same eyes in the dogs. They looked out of the windows, the dog monsters were still out there. They couldn't leave, at least not yet.
Moans came from behind them. There was something else in the mansion. And while no one really believed what Kagura and Yomi had told them, besides Chiyo, they had seen the weird dogs. The idea that other strange beings inhabited the Earth was not that far fetched. The moans were becoming louder. Yomi rolled up into a ball on the floor, sobbing hysterically. Kagura slid down the door. She felt fear, fear she would never forget. Chiyo started to shiver as well. The first head appeared, and everyone knew, Kagura and Yomi had told the truth. There really were devils in the world.